Finch scrutinizes V’s anarchistic activities, relaying his findings to Norsefire’s various intelligence departments such as The Finger, headed by Derek Almond, and The Head, managed by Adam Susan, the enigmatic Leader of the organization. The focus changes from Evey and V to Eric Finch, a seasoned police detective who heads the police force, which members of Norsefire colloquially refer to as The Nose. In the safety of the gallery, Evey shares her life story, narrating the sad circumstances of how she lost her parents during the nuclear war of the 1980s, which also decimated the existing order and led to the hyper-oppressive totalitarian Norsefire government that controls London. V then takes Evey to the Shadow Gallery, his underground hideout, which is full of banned materials like art, music, and non-state approved literature. The enigmatic figure, known as V, brings Evey to a safe distance then blows up the Houses of Parliament, destroying it completely and treating onlookers to a pyrotechnics display issuing from the smoldering ruins. Suddenly, a mysterious cloaked figure wearing a Guy Fawkes mask rescues her using tear gas and a grenade disguised as a prosthetic hand. Evey watches helplessly as two more of his colleagues emerge from the darkness and announce their plans to rape and kill her. The man turns out to be a Fingerman, a member of the state secret police.
On November 5, 1997, Evey Hammond, an impoverished sixteen-year-old orphan who has turned to prostitution out of a desperation to survive, tries to solicit a man on Guy Fawkes Night.
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